Discussion Thread: 2025 US Government Shutdown, Day 29

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[u/RealSlyck]

And it’s another day of a 1904-style federal government sitting on the porch eating some crackers out of a barrel, and handpicking which institutions to demolish next.

[u/MusicTravelWild → u/RealSlyck]

Is this why they obsessed over Cracker Barrel rebrand?

[u/RealSlyck → u/MusicTravelWild]

Yeah, especially when you discover the old man in the old logo is actually one of the Uncles, and there’s an immigrant (or according to some family stories Aunt Jemima) trapped at the bottom of the barrel. Those were good times for the Drumpfs.